I mean, it's basic knowledge that in BASIC printing a whole line is faster than poking characters in a loop. You can also simulate curses positioning by using s

I mean, it's basic knowledge that in BASIC printing a whole line is faster than poking characters in a loop. You can also simulate curses positioning by using strings of control characters https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/control_character https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/control_character No need to have a real C64 to evaluate most things, there are quite accurate emulators, too.